81. United States Olympic Committee - Volleyball Beach volleyball players and tour organizers are out to prove their sport is Athens Focus for US olympic Beach Volleyball Teams // USA Volleyball http://www.usoc.org/230.htm

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82. UCP: Volleyball contact Disabled sports, USA (DSUSA). SPECIAL OLYMPICS VOLLEYBALL. SpecialOlympics Volleyball is offered in every US program and in over 30 countries http://www.ucp.org/ucp_channeldoc.cfm/1/15/61/61-61/3586

Skip Navigation Education Employment Housing ... Travel UCP’s Sports and Leisure Channel is designed for people with disabilities who are interested in sports and other leisure activities and proposes creative ideas for inclusive community recreation programs, including outdoor adventure activities for people with disabilities. Therapeutic Hobbies Camps Advocacy UCP Services ... Discussion Group Donate: Make your donation! Learn About United Cerebral Palsy: About UCP 2005 Annual Conference Corporate Sponsors Public Policy ... UCP Newsletters Research: Program Overview Clinical Trials Grants Research Fact Sheets ... Research Status Reports Helpful Links: News Speak Out Calendar Feedback ... Web Site Accessibility September 27, 2005 UCP AffNet Entrance [password required] Go back to top Volleyball Volleyball is an activity that can be played by individuals with several different ability levels in either a recreational or competitive setting. Standing and sitting volleyball are the two main forms of this activity. Adapted versions of volleyball include walleyball and water volleyball. Volleyball is an official sport of the Dwarf Athletic Association of America (DAAA), Disabled Sports USA (DSUSA), Special Olympics International (SOI), and the United States Deaf Sports Federation (USADSF). STANDING VOLLEYBALL Competitive standing volleyball is played strictly according to FIVB standard international rules. Participants with amputations participate with or without prostheses, depending on individual preferences.

83. Vail Daily News For Vail And Beaver Creek Colorado - Sports Front Range Volleyball Club is coming to Vail and Eagle for a fourday High Sydney Olympics; USOC Developmental Coach of the Year in Volleyball; http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20050727/SPORTS/107270019

VAIL DAILY News Sports Classifieds ... Special Sections SERVICES Submit News Archives RSS Feeds Email Headlines ... Gardening NEWSPAPERS Aspen Times Citizen Telegram Grand Junction Free Press Eagle Valley Enterprise ... Valley Journal Search: Classifieds Place an Ad September 26, 2005 Volleyball camp starts Sunday Daily Staff Report July 27, 2005 Print Email Front Range Volleyball Club is coming to Vail and Eagle for a four-day High Intensity Volleyball Camp. This camp is for high school and middle school girls. T he first session in the morning and will be for high school players and the second session in the evening will be for middle school players. Camp focus is on individual skill training with an emphasis on high quality repetition and attention to individual skill development. The majority of the time will be spent on training the individual athlete in all areas of the game. Special attention will be given to movement training, ball control skills, and individual attacking, and blocking techniques. The Front Range Volleyball Club, serving the Denver metro area since 1981, has achieved quite a record in Colorado and ranks with the best of the elite clubs in the nation. In 2002, the club won its second gold medal at USA Volleyball's Junior Olympic Championships. To date, no other club in the Rocky Mountain Region has won a gold at JOs. Since the club's inception more than 205 of its athletes have gone to college on volleyball scholarships including Vail's Lara "Tree" Bossow. Twenty-one have been chosen as all-Americans at the USAV Junior Olympic Championships (three of them being in 2002, along with the MVP of JOs); 15 selected for Volleyball magazine's "Fab 50" list and 4 named Colorado Sports Woman of the Year in Volleyball. Its alumni include four collegiate All-Americans.

84. Gulf volleyball as a major world sport. United States olympic Committee Volleyball World Wide offers information on all aspects of the sport of http://www.tamug.edu/pe/classofferings/Volleyball/Volleyball Links.htm

Gulf-Coast Volleyball USA Volleyball Merchandise Purchase official USA Volleyball shirts and other merchandise on-line. FIVB The FIVB (Federation Internationale de Volleyball) has the mission to govern and manage all forms of volleyball and beach volleyball world-wide, through planning, organi zing, marketing and promotional activities aimed at developing volleyball as a major world sport. United States Olympic Committee The United States Olympic Committee is a multi-faceted organization headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo., that provides leadership and guidance for the Olympic Movement in this country and around the world. American Volleyball Coaches Association The mission of the American Volleyball Coaches Association is to advance the professionalism, development and growth of the sport of volleyball by providing coaches with educational programs, a forum for opinion exchange and recognition opportunities. Member participation is vital to the Association accomplishing this mission. United States Professional Volleyball League The official web site of the US Professional Volleyball League, headquartered in the suburbs of Chicago. Contains all info regarding the premier women's professional indoor volleyball league in the United States.

85. History Of Volleyball - Volleyball.Com - Volleyball Equipment, Clothes, Shoes An 1995 the sport of Volleyball was 100 years old! This Web site Volleyball.Com goeslive! 1996 2-person beach volleyball debuted as an olympic Sport. http://www.volleyball.com/volleyball_history.shtml

Shop Volleyball Equipment - Balls, Nets, Shoes, Pads, and more! Interested in getting yourname@volleyball.com? In 2005, the sport of Volleyball is 110 years old! The sport originated in the United States, and is now just achieving the type of popularity in the U.S. that it has received on a global basis, where it ranks behind only soccer among participation sports. Today there are more than 46 million Americans who play volleyball. There are 800 million players worldwide who play volleyball at least once a week. In 1895, William G. Morgan, an instructor at the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke, Mass., decided to blend elements of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball to create a game for his classes of businessmen which would demand less physical contact than basketball. He created the game of Volleyball (at that time called mintonette). Morgan borrowed the net from tennis, and raised it 6 feet 6 inches above the floor, just above the average man's head. During a demonstration game, someone remarked to Morgan that the players seemed to be volleying the ball back and forth over the net, and perhaps "volleyball" would be a more descriptive name for the sport. On July 7, 1896 at Springfield College the first game of "volleyball" was played. William G. Morgan created the game of volleyball.

86. SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > Olympics -- Brazil Men Win Volleyball Gold With Wi 2004 Summer Olympics Other sports Brazil men win volleyball gold with win overItaly US players can t dance to Brazil s volleyball beat http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/olympics/other/20040829-0841-oly-italy-braz

document.write(''); News Sports Entertainment Classifieds Web Sports Chargers Padres Aztecs ... Other Sports Brazil men win volleyball gold with win over Italy By Dave Campbell ASSOCIATED PRESS 8:41 a.m. August 29, 2004 Gilberto Godoy Filho had 20 points to lead the Brazilians to a 25-16, 24-26, 25-20, 25-22 victory. Brazil has been a major international power for the past decade, but this was its first Olympic medal since a gold in 1992. From the Union-Tribune U.S. players can't dance to Brazil's volleyball beat "We are winners," said Godoy Filho, who was named the tournament's most valuable player. "We were here for first place. Every player had this and only this in his mind. I am so happy." The Italians have been just about as good, but they've only managed a silver, bronze and silver at the last three Summer Games. Russia won this year's bronze by beating the United States in straight sets earlier Sunday. "We thought that we could change things in the fourth set, and maybe if we were lucky we could fight for the gold medal in the fifth set, but this is Brazil," said Italian middle blocker Luigi Mastrangelo, who pulled his blue jersey over his face and buried his head in his hands on the bench after Godoy Filho spiked the ball off libero Damiano Pippi on match point. Mastrangelo's block cut the fourth-set lead to 23-22, but the Italians couldn't get closer.

87. DigitalJournal.com - Digital Culture For Creative Minds Sport, Sand and Sex olympic Beach Volleyball is the Newest Craze The olympicBeach Volleyball Centre was built specifically for the sport, http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/?articleID=4133

88. Boston.com / Sports / Other Sports / Olympics / Volleyball sports, your connection to The Boston Globe Home News A E Business sports Travel Your Life Cars Jobs Search the Personals Real estate http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/olympics/volleyball/

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89. Beach Volleyball History 1993, FIVB, On September 21, beach volleyball becomes an olympic sport when theInternational olympic Committee grants the sport medal status at Monte http://www.bvbinfo.com/history.asp

Tour News Search the Database Home Choose AVP FIVB Players Seasons Tournaments Rankings ... History Beach Volleyball History Time Period Tour Event William G. Morgan, an instructor at the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke, Mass., decides to blend elements of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball to create a game for his classes of businessmen which would demand less physical contact than basketball. He creates the game of Volleyball (at that time called mintonette). Morgan borrows the net from tennis, and raises it 6 feet 6 inches above the floor, just above the average man's head. There are unconfirmed whispers of men’s teams playing on the beach in Hawaii, but most accounts place the sport's origin in Santa Monica, California where the first Volleyball courts are put up on the beach at the Playground. Families play 6 vs. 6. Beach Volleyball crosses the Atlantic Ocean. It becomes the principal sport in a French nudist camp founded in Franconville, a north-western suburb of Paris. The first two-man beach volleyball game is played in Santa Monica, California. Beach volleyball appears in Palavas, Lacanau and Royan (France), around Sofia (Bulgaria), Prague (Czechoslavakia), and Riga (Latvia).

90. Volleyball Skills & Drills - Human Kinetics Volleyball Skills Drills teaches the fundamentals and contains the proper subcenter manager for the inaugural beach volleyball olympic tournament. http://www.humankinetics.com/products/showproduct.cfm?isbn=0736058621

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92. Olympic Volleyball Tickets - Athens Summer Games - 2004 Olympics Schedule The categories for 2004 olympic Volleyball include Men s Volleyball and Women sVolleyball. Thank you for your interest in olympic Volleyball tickets http://www.tickco.com/athens2004/volleyball.htm

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93. Beach Volleyball Tickets - Athens Summer Games - 2004 Olympics Schedule Buy olympic Beach Volleyball Tickets Here The categories for 2004 olympic BeachVolleyball include Men s and Women s team events. Browse the schedules below http://www.tickco.com/athens2004/beach_volleyball.htm

Home Olympics Tickets Beach Volleyball Tickets - Athens 2004 NAVIGATION Beach Volleyball Tickets - Athens 2004 Beach Volleyball Tickets - 2004 Summer Games The Beach Volleyball competition will take place at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre. This center has a seating capacity of 10,000. Buy Olympic Beach Volleyball Tickets Here The categories for 2004 Olympic Beach Volleyball include Men's and Women's team events. Browse the schedules below for tickets and event schedules. If you have any questions please feel free to call us toll free 800-279-4444. Tickets are sold at above the face value. MORE INFORMATION Please Note: We buy tickets! As a ticket broker we also buy tickets from the public. Contact us if you have extra tickets you are looking to sell. Olympic Events Opening Ceremonies Closing Ceremonies Olympic Sports Archery Atheltics Badminton Baseball ... Las Vegas More Resources Help Desk Bookmark Us Contact Us Shopping Cart ... About Us Beach Volleyball Schedule for the 2004 Olympic Games Date Event 9:00am to Mens and Women's - Preliminary Round 2:15pm to Mens and Women's - Preliminary Round 7:30pm to Mens and Women's - Preliminary Round

94. Satire - Volleyball Voted "Top Olympic Sport" By Beer-drinking Men And Lesbians Women s volleyball voted most popular olympic Sport It s all about pushingyourself to your physical limits, say men, lesbians http://www.comedyclub.co.za/feature/feature43.html

ComedyClub Satire Women's volleyball voted most popular Olympic Sport - It's all about pushing yourself to your physical limits, say men, lesbians Sportswomen discovered that by dressing like cheerleaders, they can get equal TV-Time. The hairdressers, however, are expensive. Beer drinking men and lesbians agree that women's Olympic Volleyball was the highlight of the Sidney games, surpassing even women's gymnastics for the first time in sports history. "We think chicks have finally gotten the message," said Sean, 31, interviewed during 10-minute station ID broadcast and three DSTV adverts. "Us viewers don't want to check a bunch of Russian lesbians in tracksuits throwing big lumps of lead and running for the gold. We want hot totty, bouncing breasts and skimpy costumes. "Women's volleyball gives us all this without a stupid plotline to get in the way. It's better than Baywatch. "I particularly enjoy it when they're not playing," said Sean. "You get those cool close-ups of the really sexy ones. The other day, I checked this one girl's fanny close-up for like, 10 seconds. It was awesome." Female volleyball players train for 6 hours every day for many years before they reach the skill levels and firm, bounciness required to compete in the Olympics. According to the rules of the game, players must all wear bellybutton-revealing bikinis and jump up and down as often as possible.

95. Sport (Harpers.org) was named head of the Russian Volleyball Association.»New York Times Pounds of fuel required to maintain this year s 11500 olympic torches http://www.harpers.org/Sport.html

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96. BBC - Dorset - Sport - Beach Volleyball Over 100 beach volleyball teams took part in this year s Beach Volleyball Classic It is now featured as an olympic sport (when the Games come to London, http://www.bbc.co.uk/dorset/content/articles/2005/07/25/beach_volleyball_feature

@import url('/includes/tbenh.css') ; @import url(/englandcms/bullet.css); Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index TUESDAY 27th September 2005 Text only BBC Homepage England Dorset ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! More Sport You are in: Dorset Sport More Sport Weymouth beach volleyball Beach Volleyball Weymouth's annual beach sporting fiesta took place over the weekend, with the 2005 Beach Volleyball Classic attracting a record number of competitors from around the world. Over 100 beach volleyball teams took part in this year's Beach Volleyball Classic on Weymouth's sands in the annual competition which also attracted thousands of spectators who weren't put off by the threatening clouds. Photos of Weymouth Beach Volleyball Classic 2005 Dorset's weather forecast As well as the best UK competitors, including Olympic team members, there was a sizeable entry from the continent, including Weymouth's twin town of Holzwickede in Germany. Action from Weymouth's Beach Volleyball Weymouth Beach has hosted the event for the last 22 years and in that time the sport has exploded in popularity. The beach version of the sport is played by teams of two players on a court 16 metres long by 8 metres wide. It is now featured as an Olympic sport (when the Games come to London, the Olympic tournament will take place at Horse Guards Parade!).

97. Guardian Unlimited Sport | Olympics 2004 | Olympics: Beach Volleyball: Sun, Sand Beach volleyball is a strange olympic phenomenon a sport designed for women ona manmade beach. Or, at least, a sport designed for men who want to lech at http://sport.guardian.co.uk/olympics2004/ballgames/story/0,14790,1291192,00.html

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98. BBC SPORT | Olympics 2004 | Volleyball | Sport Guide | Beginner's Guide To Volle All you need to know about volleyball ahead of the 2004 Athens Olympics. Sport Academy Get into volleyball Email this to a friend http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/volleyball/sport_guide/default.stm

Home TV Radio Talk ... Question of Sport CHOOSE A SPORT Select Football Cricket Rugby U Rugby L Tennis Golf Motorspt Boxing Athletics Snooker Racing Cycling Disability Sport Other N Ireland Scotland Wales Last Updated: Friday, 4 June, 2004, 15:01 GMT 16:01 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Beginner's guide to volleyball The fast game became even faster Volleyball's popularity has recently been challenged by the emergence of the sport's beach variety In response to the change in status quo at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, when beach volleyball proved a huge draw, the authorities revamped the traditional game. The basics remained the same, but a new position - the libero - was created in an effort to introduce longer rallies and more spectacular defensive play. Organisers also made the game even faster by decreeing that either side could score a point on any rally, irrespective of who is serving. Athens will feature two 12-team tournaments, with the countries split into two pools of six in both the men's and women's events. TOURNAMENT TEAMS Men Group A: Group B: Women: Group A: Group B: The top four teams from each pool will go through to the quarter-finals where the competition becomes a straight knockout.

99. Special Olympics Maryland - Inspire Greatness Special Olympics volleyball is offered in every US program and in over 30 countries Athletes in volleyball benefit from the camaraderie of a team sport, http://www.somd.org/competition/SportDefinitions/Volleyball.html

COMPETITION Sports Competition Sports by Season Spring Sports Summer Sports ... Sports Development Special Olympics volleyball is offered in every US program and in over 30 countries around the world. Athletes in volleyball benefit from the camaraderie of a team sport, and the athletic training enabling them to successfully serve and return a volleyball. As in all Special Olympics sports, athletes are grouped in competition divisions according to the athletes’ ability level, age and gender. Volleyball, invented in the United States, has wide international appeal in Special Olympics. Take, for example, participation in the 1995 World Games: Over 500 athletes 27 countries 23 female teams 20 male teams 11 Unified Sports® teams Compare that to the four female teams and eleven male teams in the 1987 World Games! Volleyball is one of the sports that encourages the development of Special Olympics Officials Program for Athletes®. This program involves interested Special Olympic athletes who want to become certified volleyball officials. These athletes take the same course and meet the same requirements set forth by the United States Volleyball Association for all volleyball officials and are then certified to officiate volleyball competitions. Volleyball stars Karch Kiraly and Bryan Ivie have been involved with Special Olympics, as have many universities. The Big 10 Conference in the United States officially entered a joint partnership with local Special Olympics Programs. Every school in the Big 10 conducted a volleyball clinic, welcomed Special Olympics athletes to their matches, and/or posed for pictures and signed autographs with local Special Olympics athletes. Special Olympics Volleyball is also supported by United States Volleyball. In 1996, Special Olympics International conducted the first Special Olympics Unified Sports® Volleyball Invitational as part of the USA National Open Volleyball Championships in Dallas, Texas.

100. Volleyball In Latin America Brazil has a strong tradition in the sport of volleyball, with teams being 2000 SYDNEY OLYMPICS RESULTS. Brazil men s indoor volleyball 6th place http://www.zonalatina.com/Zldata142.htm

Volleyball in Brazil For many sports, it has been observed certain countries are strong in those sports at the international level due to the presence of a large base of grass root participants. The sports do not have to be popular nationally, for it suffices to have a strong base in certain regions. In the case of the United States of America, volleyball is a prominent sporting tradition due to the fact the game is highly popular in the climatically suitable west coast. Thus, the core of the national team of the USA appears to have come from college players from institutions such as the University of California campuses at Long Beach, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, Pepperdine University, Stanford University and the University of Southern California. Brazil has a strong tradition in the sport of volleyball, with teams being world champions in indoor volleyball as well as beach volleyball. It has been conjectured that the strength of Brazilian volleyball was in fact built around the culture associated with people playing beach volleyball all day at the famous beaches such as those in Rio de Janeiro. Myth or reality? PARTICIPATION We will refer to some data from the TGI Brasil study. This is a consumer survey of 10,103 persons between the ages of 12 and 64 in Brazil conducted by

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